How to Crochet the Connected Cross Over Stitch
The connected cross over stitch produces a lovely texture you can use in a scarf, hat, blanket, and shawl. It works up fast and easy too!
About this Stitch Pattern
I love textured stitches, especially ones that aren’t too complicated. This is a nice and easy-to-remember stitch pattern that looks great for a blanket, scarf, hat, shawl and more.
For this crossover stitch pattern, you’ll use primarily single crochet and double crochet stitches. Those two form the majority of the pattern.
The cross over stitch is created with an extended double crochet stitch or EDC. An EDC is like a regular double crochet, except when you draw up your initial loop, you’ll want to draw it up nice and tall. Kind of like how your teachers told you to sit up nice and tall in your chair at school!
The connected part of the stitch is formed with an extended single crochet or ESC. The ESC is made like a regular single crochet, except, as in the case of the extended double crochet, you’ll want to draw up the initial loop nice and tall. I generally try to draw up my loop to the height of the row I’m working on. This way, your work wont curve or distort and your stitches won’t get crunched together.
I should also mention this has a chain multiple of 4. If you are trying to use this stitch to make something, and need some tips and tricks on what chain multiples are as well as other techniques, check out how video on how to convert a stitch pattern to a blanket (or any other item).
Yarn and Hook
As with almost all stitches, you can use any size yarn. I generally stick with worsted weight yarn, since it shows up nicely in videos. I use scraps in my stash of Red Heart Super Saver. It’s one of my favorite yarns to show off stitch patterns, as it’s stiff enough to make solid stitches, yet soft enough to use in blankets and other accessories.
Since Red Heart is a worsted weight yarn, I gravitate towards an H 5 mm crochet hook. Feel free to size up or size down with the hook, depending upon if you crochet looser or tighter.
You can certainly use another weight of yarn such as DK or Sport or even Bulky / Chunky. The yarn label usually has a suggested hook size to use. And when in doubt, start with a size H 5 mm hook and work your way from there. If the stitches are too big, size down to a G or an F hook. If the yarn is splitting too much, size up to an I or J size hook. You can check out my guide to crochet hooks video for a good primer.
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